[Grad-postdoc-assn] [Fwd: [Proflist] Workshop on Climate Information and User Needs - Oct. 22-23, 2007]

[Paula Fisher]

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Subject: 	[Proflist] Workshop on Climate Information and User Needs -
Oct. 22-23, 2007
Date: 	Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:04:26 -0700
From: 	CIRUNworkshop at bcs-hq.com
To: 	proflist at ucar.edu



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     Climate Information: Responding to User Needs
     Bringing Observations, Data Management, Modeling, and Prediction
     into the Decision Process

*A national workshop sponsored by the University of Maryland
in partnership with NOAA, NASA, and the American Meteorological Society *

Workshop Co-Chairmen:
*James R. Mahoney*, Environmental Consultant and former Director,
U.S. Climate Change Science Program (2002 – 2006)
*Antonio J. Busalacchi*, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center,
University of Maryland

The Earth System will experience real climate change over the next 50
years, substantially exceeding the scope of natural variability. A
paramount question facing society is how to adapt to these changes.
Success will require unprecedented collaborations and powerful
partnerships between climate scientists and the consumers of climate
information - businesses, government agencies from federal to local,
policy organizations and planning offices that need specific kinds of
information to ensure the best decisions in adapting to climate change.

*The University of Maryland, College Park invites you to attend a
two-day workshop at their Inn and Conference Center, October 22-23,
2007*. This event will foster dialogue between the providers of climate
information and its diverse user community to define specific measures
needed to enhance the use of climate observations, data management,
modeling, and predictions in support of business and policy decisions.
The workshop will consist of plenary and breakout panel sessions, and a
peer-reviewed poster session.

*Conference Objectives:*

     * To identify how users, stakeholders, and decision makers are
       influenced by climate on time scales from seasons to decades
     * To identify the needs and requirements of users, stakeholders, and
       decision makers for climate information, observations,
       predictions, and services from global to local scales
     * To identify what adaptation measures are being considered in the
       private and public sectors, and how this might result in new
       classes of information for decision support
     * To recommend principal elements of the path forward toward more
       effective use of climate services in decision making

Watch your e-mail for further details on the event or contact
csuplee at umd.edu <mailto:csuplee at umd.edu> for more information.






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